| 1 | Representative(s) Ambler offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment (with title amendment) |
| 4 | Remove line(s) 47-90 and insert: |
| 5 | (2)(a) Each district school board may adopt policies and |
| 6 | procedures for a High School to Business Career Enhancement |
| 7 | Program through which high school student internships may be |
| 8 | offered in each school district through partnerships developed |
| 9 | with employers within the communities served by the district |
| 10 | school board. Each internship shall include a student evaluation |
| 11 | by the employer at the end of the internship to monitor the |
| 12 | academic value of the internship using criteria established by |
| 13 | each district school board. |
| 14 | (b) A student participant may be in the ninth, tenth, |
| 15 | eleventh, or twelfth grade and must have a minimum weighted |
| 16 | grade point average of 2.0. |
| 17 | (c) A student participant may not be required to work more |
| 18 | than 20 hours per week during the internship. |
| 19 | (d) An internship shall be consistent with the career |
| 20 | goals of each student participant. |
| 21 | (e) An internship shall be at least 8 weeks long and may |
| 22 | not last more than 20 consecutive weeks during any school year. |
| 23 | (f) Each student may participate in only one internship |
| 24 | per school year. |
| 25 | (g) No more than 100 internships may be offered each |
| 26 | school year by a district school board. |
| 27 | (h) The number of internships that an employer may provide |
| 28 | under this program is limited by the number of employees that |
| 29 | the employer employs in the school district in which the |
| 30 | internship is offered. |
| 31 | 1. An employer with 10 or fewer employees may provide one |
| 32 | internship per school year. |
| 33 | 2. An employer with 11 to 20 employees may provide up to |
| 34 | two internships per school year. |
| 35 | 3. An employer with 21 to 50 employees may provide up to |
| 36 | three internships per school year. |
| 37 | 4. An employer with more than 50 employees may provide up |
| 38 | to four internships per school year. |
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| 40 | Employers may partner with more than one district school board; |
| 41 | however, the number of internships that may be provided within |
| 42 | each school district is subject to the limitations of this |
| 43 | paragraph. |
| 44 | (i) Any employees or contracted personnel of an employer |
| 45 | under this section who have direct unsupervised access to |
| 46 | student interns shall be subject to the level 2 background |
| 47 | screening requirements as described in s. 1012.32. The cost of |
| 48 | the state and national criminal history check required by level |
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| 52 | Remove line(s) 3-6 and insert: |
| 53 | s. 1003.496, F.S.; authorizing each district school board to |
| 54 | adopt policies and procedures for a High School to Business |
| 55 | Career Enhancement Program through which student internships may |
| 56 | be offered in each school district; |